HP Superdome Server Shatters Java Performance Benchmark Record
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 2002--HP (NYSE:HPQ - News)
today announced it has achieved world-record performance for Java®
applications on the SPECjbb2000 benchmark.(1) The 64-way HP Superdome
server with the newly announced PA-8700+ processor secured the world's
best SPECjbb200 result submitted to date, scoring 614,538 Java
applications per second and beating a 104-way Sun Starfire 15K.
This result also is 80 percent better than IBM's p690 server,
showcasing the superior power and scalability of HP's 64-way system
for Java applications.
HP also has submitted world-leading SPEC OMP results on the HP
Superdome server for review to SPEC HPG.(2) SPEC OMP2001
(http://www.spec.org/hpg/omp2001) is targeted principally at
high-performance technical or scientific computing systems in research
and government institutions. The 64-way HP Superdome server OMP Medium
and Large results are 20 percent and 40 percent faster than all
previous 64-way submissions, respectively.
About HP
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solutions and services to consumers and businesses. The company's
offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access
devices, global services and imaging and printing. HP completed its
merger transaction involving Compaq Computer Corp. on May 3, 2002. The
company would have had combined revenue on a pro forma basis with the
Compaq transaction of approximately $81.1 billion in fiscal 2001 and
has operations in more than 160 countries. More information about HP
is available at http://www.hp.com.
- (1) Competitive numbers shown reflect results published on
http://www.spec.org as of June 24, 2002. For the latest SPECjbb2000
results visit http://www.spec.org/osg/jbb2000.
- (2) HP Superdome server results have been submitted for review and
are compared to results published as of June 26, 2002. HP Superdome
servers led all competitors in base and peak performance for 64 CPU
machines on both the medium and large versions of the SPEC OMP2001
suite. For more details on the SPEC OMP2001 benchmark, see
http://www.spec.org/hpg/omp2001.
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update these forward-looking statements.
Note to Editors: Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc. in
the United States and other countries. SPEC, SPECjbb, SPEComp2001 and
SPEComp are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp.
(SPEC).
Contact:
HP
Alyson Griffin, 408/447-2693
alyson_griffin@hp.com
or
The Hoffman Agency for HP
Mary McEvoy, 408/975-3052
mmcevoy@hoffman.com
